Forum - View topicOtakon?
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Hotaru
Posts: 481 Location: NY |
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Did anyone here attend Otakon? Or rather, does anyone attend Otakon? We've gone for four years now.
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Cassandra
 Posts: 1356 Location: Birdsboro, PA |
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I went in 2000. A few of my friends go every year, but circumstances wouldn't let us go this year.
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Former ANN Editor in Chief
 Posts: 2460 Location: Do not contact me for support. |
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I've gone every year since 1999... but I might not go next year -- I'm looking at studying abroad in Japan over the summer. If I'm in Japan, it'd be hard to fly out to Baltimore for a weekend.. If I'm not in Japan in the summer, then I'll probably be able to attend next year. As it is, my plans are *REALLY* up in the air right now.. ^^; |
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arllyra
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I went in 2001. My first major con, too. I was a little.... overwhelmed. I planned to go this year, but couldn't get the time off from work :(
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RoyalGalaxia
 Posts: 57 Location: In your heart |
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Okay here is where I show my newbie colors, uh heh what is that I get that it's a convention and most likely anime since well, duh that's what this place is for, but when is it held? I've never been to a convention before, what's it like?
Just wondering, doesn't "otaku" mean slave in Japanese? Does that have any relevance to this at all? |
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BC Anime
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i've only been to the comic-con in san diego...lotta anime there this year =D
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Cassandra
Posts: 1356 Location: Birdsboro, PA |
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It's in Baltimore, MD. http://www.otakon.com is the website And otaku technically means "house/geek"  It's not a nice term in Japan.
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RoyalGalaxia
Posts: 57 Location: In your heart |
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Oh okay, I get it now, thanks for the info and the link. Wow everyone here is so informed on everything and up to date, awsome! ^.^
*whips out note book and sits at a desk* I better take notes on this stuff huh? ^.~ |
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Emerje
 Posts: 7430 Location: Maine |
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I went to Otakon for the first time this year! I've been trying to make it for a few years now, but I got a brand new car last fall so I finally had no excuses not to go. I got to meet with a fellow mod from psotakus.com who also helped direct the fan parody This Is Otakudom along with a few members of the Otakudom cast including Scott Meltzer who I met at Portcon back in April. (If you haven't yet then make every attempt to watch Otakudom if it shows at a con near you!) watched the AMV pannel and cought the first showing of this years AMV entries (saw it again later) Made a killing at the dealers room, had fun at Nazi Nani Megatokyo Live! and generally had a great time! Looking forward to making the trip again next year even though I put 1200 miles on my car during the 24 hour round trip.
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Hotaru
Posts: 481 Location: NY |
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Did anyone go in costume? I did. Nothing new, but I was Videl on saturday (not the one with juuhachigou) and Kiki on saturday. we had no time for new costumes
 oh well. next year! heh heh.
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Emerje
Posts: 7430 Location: Maine |
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Hey, for those of you who did cosplay, how about going to this site: http://www.fansview.com/2002/otakon/otpics.htm and see if you can find a pic of yourself to share with the rest of us, they got a pic of just about everyone that was in costume this year!
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Hotaru
Posts: 481 Location: NY |
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tch, everyone but me. they got one of my friend though! the only time i saw the fansview guy was when he was sitting down, loading pictures onto his site. arggg.
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